Ring with portrait of George Frideric Handel, by William Hopkins Craft

An image of Miniature. George Frederick Handel 1685-1759. Craft, William Hopkins (British, op.1774-, d.1805). Enamel, height 22 mm, width 15 mm. Late 18th century. Gold ring, the bezel set with an enamel miniature painting of Handel. The ring band is engraved 'Handel by Zincke from the Lumsden Propert/Sale'; and inside ring, 'Presented to/Dr Whitfield by/Dr Hague, Camb/commencement/July 1819'. Production Note: The miniature was formerly attributed to Christian Friedrich Zincke. The miniature was taken from the portrait of Handel by Hudson now in the National Portrait Gallery (No. 3970), but the costume was changed.

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Miniature. George Frederick Handel 1685-1759. Craft, William Hopkins (British, op.1774-, d.1805). Enamel, height 22 mm, width 15 mm. Late 18th century. Gold ring, the bezel set with an enamel miniature painting of Handel. The ring band is engraved 'Handel by Zincke from the Lumsden Propert/Sale'; and inside ring, 'Presented to/Dr Whitfield by/Dr Hague, Camb/commencement/July 1819'. Production Note: The miniature was formerly attributed to Christian Friedrich Zincke. The miniature was taken from the portrait of Handel by Hudson now in the National Portrait Gallery (No. 3970), but the costume was changed.

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Accession Number: 3907
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 936 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 104.76kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 45/1

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